# 678 Colombo Street, Christchurch Central City

10 reports on record since August 2016 · 6 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/678-colombo-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 1
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5560860), 16 Dec 2024
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5208225), 1 Oct 2024
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5009055), 15 Aug 2024
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/4640914), 9 May 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4543296), 15 Apr 2024
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3375545), 28 May 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3354745), 21 May 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3261434), 18 Apr 2023
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3051359), 7 Feb 2023
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/163508), 9 Aug 2016

## Photographed here (6 on record)
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/5560860), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05560860/public/1_8mmuby6ngjgf.jpg
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/report/5208225), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05208225/public/1_l3o5clt9qk.jpg
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/5009055), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05009055/public/1_xaw7m88pqu9n.jpg
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/4640914), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04640914/public/1_h8lhz87s54n8.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4543296), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04543296/public/1_dwsher6yp14d.jpg
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/163508), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00163508/0

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Also reported on Colombo Street
- [794 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/794-colombo-street), 159 reports
- [673 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/673-colombo-street), 102 reports
- [781 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/781-colombo-street), 55 reports
- [521 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/521-colombo-street), 46 reports
- [722 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/722-colombo-street), 45 reports
- [569 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/569-colombo-street), 45 reports
- [527 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/527-colombo-street), 41 reports
- [711 Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/711-colombo-street), 38 reports
- [Colombo Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/colombo-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5338&lon=172.6368&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5338&lon=172.6368&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5338&lon=172.6368&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5338&lon=172.6368&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [Cutler & Co](https://www.chch.live/business/cutler-co-christchurch-central-city), 9 m away · Clothing
- [Decjuba](https://www.chch.live/business/decjuba-christchurch-central-city), 11 m away · Clothing
- [Greenwood Roche](https://www.chch.live/business/greenwood-roche-christchurch-central-city), 17 m away · Business
- [Metromart Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/business/metromart-colombo-st-christchurch-central-city), 20 m away · Delis

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- [Bus Interchange (Intercity stop)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53214), 61 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80)
- [Bus Interchange (Platform B)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53116), 98 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310887-bailer), 153 m away, “Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (Māori text and English translat…” · 2015

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $11,700,000, land $4,940,000, improvements $6,760,000 · 576 m² · ref 22700/46501 · roll last edited February 2026

A mass appraisal the council runs every three years to divide the rates bill, not a market price, and not a valuation of this house in particular.

## Enrolment zones this address sits inside

*Zones nest, a point is inside a primary, an intermediate and a secondary zone at once. The written scheme, not the polygon, decides.*
- [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jul 2024
- [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jul 2020
- [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day

This address is not on a single weekly kerbside round.
- Green bin, not collected here
- Yellow bin, Weekly · Wednesdays
- Red bin, Daily

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 69% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 10% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 69% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.

### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules)
- **Christchurch / Ōtautahi Clean Air Zone**, [Clean air zone](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Open fires and older woodburners are restricted here under the Canterbury Air Regional Plan. A burner installed before 2001 cannot be replaced like for like.
- **In the Christchurch Airshed**, [Gazetted airshed](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A gazetted airshed is the area the national air quality standard is measured over, the 24-hour PM10 average that this one is allowed to breach once a year. _Zone A_
- **In the Central City alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

These are modelled boundaries, not findings on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. [Request a LIM](https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/property-information-and-lims/land-information-memorandum-lim) · [Natural Hazards Portal](https://www.naturalhazardsportal.govt.nz).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Colombo Street in 177 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 32 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=colombo-street&suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Christchurch Central City ran about **$508 a week**, $42 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here, Former Beaths Department Store (components)
*47 m away · 201/690 Colombo Street · located to ±21 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/25)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3094

## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*120 m away · 261F High Street · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/469)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*157 m away · 291F High Street · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/109)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*157 m away · 220F High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/413)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting
*174 m away · 225 High Street · located to ±19 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/558)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 61 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 103 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 144 m to the edge
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 255 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Friendship Corner](https://www.chch.live/park/1371-friendship-corner), 263 m to the edge · Botanic

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 112 m away · Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 132 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 405 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 463 m away · Council office
- [Scales](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-35), 471 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 173 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 234 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city), 245 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-503-christchurch-central-city), 251 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-497-christchurch-central-city), 274 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 678 Colombo Street?**

10 council reports on record since August 2016, most often graffiti (3), roading/streets (1), pavement - damaged (1).

**What school is 678 Colombo Street zoned for?**

[Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary, and it is redrawn, sometimes at short notice. [These zones on the map →](https://www.chch.live/schools?at=-43.533759714211854,172.63675236241525)

**Which suburb is 678 Colombo Street in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Colombo Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/colombo-street).

**What stood at 678 Colombo Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former Beaths Department Store (components)](https://www.chch.live/place/25), [Triangle Reserve and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/469).

**What is the nearest park to 678 Colombo Street?**

[City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 61 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=678-colombo-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=colombo-street